BEETROOT RISOTTO » Otago Farmers Market

Ingredients

• 1.5 litres of vegetable or chicken stock (approx.)
• 3 tablespoons butter or olive oil
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 350 g (12 oz) Arborio (risotto) rice
• 120 ml white wine
• 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 2 Tbsp roughly torn fresh basil
• 2 to 3 medium beetroots, peeled and grated
• 2 to 3 handfuls beetroot tops or ruby chard (silver beet) kale finely chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Grated peel and juice of 1 lemon
• 1 handful freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to serve